NOVEL WEB Chapter 46: Admission
That’s why most dragon eggs are duds. People who find them try to sell them, but the eggs never incubate well and usually fail to hatch. Even if one does hatch, the amount of food a dragon needs is astronomical. Ordinary people can’t raise a dragon because it’s so expensive. On top of the cost it’s also hard to do in general. Only a fool unaware of the ramifications would buy an egg to hatch at home.”
Tian Ke was disappointed but not as disappointed as the shopkeeper, whose smile faltered at Jier’s words. It wasn’t easy for people to do business OK. Dragon eggs were normally used to cheat those with more money than sense. The shopkeeper was naturally unhappy that Jier revealed the truth of the dragon egg out loud. His smile was barely hanging on by the time the three decided to leave the shop.
Jier took them to buy some general supplies after leaving the magic beast shop. He also bought Feng Wu, Tian Ke, and Little Bun all new clothes. He wasn’t sure why, but he felt like splurging today.
Since Tian Ke didn’t have to carry Little Bun around anymore he was free to buy large boxes of candy, filling his arms up with sweets. He shared some with Jier, who took two pieces before just giving the whole box to Feng Wu. They returned to Tian Yue’s house only after buying everything they needed.
That night they had a huge feast to celebrate Feng Wu passing and making it into Xingguang Holy Academy.
Three days passed by in a flash and before anyone knew it, it was time for Feng Wu to go to school. She put Little Bun in her storage ring so she could go through the school’s entrance procedures. Most students lived in the dorms because Xingguang Holy Academy provided housing for all admitted students. As a result, only those students who lived in Zhongyong city bothered to live off-campus.
“Magic Division report here!”
“Sword Division over here!”
“Pharmacy over here! Don’t get lost!”
“Physician Division over here!”[notes]
“Those in the Alchemy[notes] Division report here!”
Senior students on campus held up signs with their divisions written on it. It was so crowded the front of the school looked like a busy market.
Feng Wu and Jier were in different divisions. Jier was a magician while Feng Wu was a sword user. Although they came together, they had no choice but to separate and go to their respective check-in lines.
The Sword and Magic Divisions were the two largest departments in the school, so their lines were the longest, because of this they had more than one check-in table. Instead there were five and six tables respectively. Each table had a line queued up in front with a teacher staffing the table. Feng Wu picked one of the shorter ones and waited as she watched those ahead of her go through the process.
“Name?”
“Xiong Yi.”
“OK stick your hand out.”
The student placed a fat hand on the crystal plate and immediately four symbols showed up, confirming his identity. It showed his name, entrance exam results, class division and his dorm allocation.
Finally it was Feng Wu’s turn. She went through the same process as everyone else and was given her school id, school uniform and room keys. She put her uniform away in her storage ring and followed her senior to the dorm she would be staying for the next few years.
Living conditions were exceptionally good. It was Xingguang Holy Academy, so the dorms were more like mini townhouses that came fully furnished and exquisitely decorated. Anyone who made it into the academy had to be a genius, so it was only natural to treat them well.
Students were assigned four to a townhouse. Each townhouse had a number and Feng Wu’s was 302. She took her key out, opened the door and promptly went inside. She was the first one in so it was empty and quiet. Feng Wu blinked her eyes and walked upstairs. There were four rooms, each with a name plate affixed to the door. Feng Wu used her key and opened hers.
It was a spacious room with its own bathroom and walk-in closet. There was even a balcony.
Feng Wu took out her new clothes from a few days ago and hung them up along with her school uniform. The quilt was pulled out and laid on the bed. Then she took out the baby crib and placed it to the side.
Like the clothes, the crib was also a new purchase. The school didn’t provide cribs so Jier made sure to buy her one. It was not only pretty but also had defensive qualities like the ability to repel minor insect beasts. It was a very high-quality crib.
Feng Wu had no opinions about Jier’s spending habits, but Tian Ke felt differently. She didn’t understand why he was so anxious. Tian Ke, on his part, was thinking ahead. What if one day she and Jier stopped being friends? How would Feng Wu be able to pay back for everything? She was so unaware of how the world worked. He really worried about her!
Feng Wu got a lot of things on their shopping spree. They were all things Jier and Tian Yue told her to buy. On her own she would have had no idea what to get. Fortunately, even though she was clueless about shopping, she was still perfectly able to take care of herself. If not, she would never have been able to live alone.
Feng Wu wasn’t totally incompetent. She didn’t have the social skills to interact with people, but she did have the survival skills to stay alive. Back on Yuehua Mountain her master did all the shopping and cooking but she did everything else like the cleaning and housekeeping.
After she finished organizing everything Feng Wu brought Little Bun out of her storage ring. Although her ring could store living things Little Bun didn’t like being inside it for too long. The dark scared him.
She put him inside her ring earlier to get through registration. The shengmu beast from two days ago had grown. As long as there was energy left in the beast magical core, then its growth would continue. As a result, the shengmu grew several steps in a short period of time.
It was only the size of a basketball when she got it. Now, after three days it was as tall as her waist. The shengmu beast recognized Little Bun as its master and constantly held him in its pouch. Because of this, Tian Ke was finally able to hang up his babysitting hat up and retire.
“Ooo.” The hungry Little Bun waved his arms around, his large grape-like dark eyes followed her around from the inside of the shengmu’s pouch. Feng Wu had decided to name it Little White.
Little White adapted to Little Bun quickly and was attuned to his needs, pulling out a bottle from its pouch whenever it sensed Little Bun’s hunger.